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OAuth as a sign in (to Twitter) got me thinking

Posted Saturday, April 18, 2009 8:57 AM by alogan
Eran Hammer-Lahav just posed about Twitter’s new “Sign in with Twitter” ( documentation ) functionality which is powered by OAuth (not Open ID). It is quite a neat solution, you can both authenticate into a site and grant them permission for them to party Read More...
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Your stuff is here, here and here. Rely on it

Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 11:39 AM by alogan
Luke Shepard posted about avoiding Open ID Nascar and detecting the user’s provider. I was pitching something like to Luke, Wei and Joseph Smarr at the Open ID UX summit (without all the Open ID details). I think there are going to be about 10 providers Read More...
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Some really slick video/event system with instant messaging integration by SharpLogic - Hulu should listen up!

Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:25 AM by alogan
Lets say you have 1 computer with 1 screen. You watch a ton of video content (like 24 on Hulu ). You like to watch full screen but don't want to miss IM conversations or other stuff. Why not integrate the IM straight into the video player with a subtle Read More...
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Using real time chat (IM) in a social shopping scenario – are you online?

Posted Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:08 AM by alogan
TechCrunch just posted about a neat implementation by Fluid for using the Facebook network as an IM backend (I wasn’t aware of an IM API from Facebook). Its a cool scenario, and it highlights one of the scenarios enabled by the Windows Live Messenger Read More...
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Web Toolkit interview with the man, Keiji K

Posted Saturday, April 04, 2009 3:17 PM by alogan
Ever wonder what people are doing when they aren’t on your website? That’s right, they are in Windows Live Messenger. Check out the Channel9 Interview with KeijiK where he outlines how you can plug into an audience of 320 million+ people in a unique way Read More...
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Windows Live users can now easily sign up for sites using RPX

Posted Saturday, April 04, 2009 6:01 AM by alogan
Hey, Angus Logan here, I'm at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco - there is a great vibe and lots of action . I've been spending time with and learning a ton from some of the open stack crew, Joseph Smarr , David Recordon , and Chris Messina . We've been talking Read More...
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